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Napoleon Abueva Presentation

Napoleon Abueva was a renowned Filipino sculptor known as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture." He was born in 1930 and was proclaimed a National Artist for Sculpture in 1976 at the age of 46, making him the youngest recipient of the award. Abueva graduated from the University of Bohol and UP College of Fine Arts, where he was mentored by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino. During his career, Abueva helped shape the local sculpture scene and received numerous awards for his works that used a variety of materials to depict Filipino themes and figures.

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Napoleon Abueva Presentation

Napoleon Abueva was a renowned Filipino sculptor known as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture." He was born in 1930 and was proclaimed a National Artist for Sculpture in 1976 at the age of 46, making him the youngest recipient of the award. Abueva graduated from the University of Bohol and UP College of Fine Arts, where he was mentored by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino. During his career, Abueva helped shape the local sculpture scene and received numerous awards for his works that used a variety of materials to depict Filipino themes and figures.

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Napoleon “Billy”
Veloso Abueva
Informations About Napoleon abueva
-- January 26, 1930 – February 16, 2018

-- One of the nuns first called him Napoleon after


Napoleon Bonaparte. The name stuck, and ever since,
Abueva referenced the quote from Napoleon: "If I
weren't a conqueror, I would wish to be a sculptor."

-- He graduated in high school at the Rafael Palma


College (now the University of Bohol) in 1949. He
earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the UP
School of Fine Arts (now UP College of Fine
Arts/UPCFA) in 1953 as one of the second batch of
Fine Arts students who moved from the old campus in
Padre Faura to Diliman. He was mentored by fellow
National Artist for Sculpture Guillermo Tolentino

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✣ He was known as the "Father of Modern
Philippine Sculpture" Through
Proclamation No. 1539. He was
proclaimed National Artist for Sculpture
in 1976 when he was 46, making him the
youngest recipient of the award to date.

✣ He helped shape the local sculpture scene to


what it is now. He used almost all kinds of
materials for his sculptures such as hard
wood, adobe, metal, stainless steel, cement,
marble, bronze, iron, alabaster, coral and
brass. He was the first Filipino artist to
mount a one-man exhibit at the Philippine
Center in New York in 1980.

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~ Kaganapan (1953) ~ Sandugo (Blood
Compact)
~ Kiss of Judas (1955) ~ Mini-Waterfalls
(Legaspi Towers 300) (1980)
~ UP Gateway (1967) ~ The Fredesvinda
(1982)
~ Thirty Pieces of Silver ~ Siyam na Diwata ng
Sining (1994)
~ The Transfiguration (1979) ~ UP Faculty Center
~ Sunbursts (The Peninsula Manila Hotel) (1994)

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Napoleon V. Abueva’s
Awards:
~ Fourth ASEAN Achievement Award for ~ Ten Outstanding Young Men of the
Visual Arts in Singapore (July 1995) Philippines Awardee in Sculpture (1959)
~ First Prize, Sculpture Exhibition by the Art ~ Most Outstanding Alumnus of the School of
Association of the Philippines Fine Arts (1958)
~ First Prize in the Fifth Annual Art ~ Awardee, “The Unknown Political Prisoner”
Exhibition (1974) (1953)
~ First Prize and special Award on the fourth ~ First Prize, “Kiss of Judas” (1955)
Sculpture Exhibition (1952) ~ First Prize and Special Award, Kaganapan
~ ASEAN Award for Visual Arts in Bangkok (Marble) (1953)
(1987) ~ Purchased Prize, “Water Buffalo” (Marble)
~ Winner, Cultural Heritage Award (1966) (1956)
~ Republic Award of Sculpture (1959) ~ First Prize “Figure” (Wood) (1957)
~ Winner U.P Gateway Design Competition
6 (1962)
Napoleon V. Abueva’s Artworks

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